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Meaning of 'gracious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gracious [ a.]
- Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.
- Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
- Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.

Meaning of 'gracious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gracious [ a]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
Example in sentence:
  • gracious even to unexpected visitors;
  • gracious living;
  • he bears insult with gracious good humor
2 . gracious [ s]
Meaning (2):
- exhibiting courtesy and politeness
Example in sentence:
  • a nice gesture
Meaning (3):
- characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
Example in sentence:
  • our benignant king
Meaning (4):
- disposed to bestow favors
Example in sentence:
  • thanks to the gracious gods

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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